May 2007
Mood:  caffeinated
Topic: Book Fair
How can we make sense in the world? Philosophies and religions have tried to make sense of this question, and after some errances, I have landed on the old catholic faith which states that everyone makes and everything makes sense, except evil of course.

But then if we consider that virtue and sense are linked, it results that the more virtuous, the more sense you make.

This Sunday morning, there's rain over here and some areas are flooded.

Yesterday with the family we visited the Book Fair of Panama, an annual event, and chances offered us to meet with Mr. Marc, a writer and librarian who has a treasure of old books on the history of Panama, and he also wrote himself an excellent and well-documented book on the French Canal era.

Our conversation - in French - reminded me that I am still committed to the freedom of abducted people in Colombia. Colombia has 4,200 abducted people and I am working with Colombians in a religious colombian panamanian school...And they just do as this was not worth to mention. So we have here a kind of low-key lasting difference. I try to keep alive the flame of memory of actual and present-days victims. Sorry to be cryptic on this one, but to make it clear would be difficult for me at this time. I love my students and my classes but I hate the closed-mindedness and the too low pay...
I will keep you informed on the issue.

A new life on the bridge of the world
Mood:  blue
The bridge of the world, Panama.

Yes. I am here, I stay here, trying to live on the bridge and not under the bridge.

Well, to anyone new, my name is Andre and I have left old Europe in 1996 to come to Panama, home of my faithful wife Deyanira (www.geocities.com/deyicare2004)
And coutry of birth of my two daughters, Naida and Karine

I am trying to make ends meet, working as teacher, tour guide and helping retirees who wish to come to Panama. (www.geocities.com/atpanamenet)

I am presently trying to decide what will come first: Keeping teaching full time or setting up more professional services for retired people...

In this, I welcome your contributions: Do you prefer working for mischievous students or for old folks with money? Are you idealist or realist? What world do you want to live in?

I'll keep coming to tell ya how things evolve ...

Andre